1. Home
  2. Power and energy
  3. Physics of energy
  4. Organic Rankine Cycles ORC

  5. Cycle architecture and technological aspects

Article | REF: BE8048 V1

Organic Rankine Cycles ORC

Author: Renaud GICQUEL

Publication date: September 10, 2016, Review date: June 23, 2021

You do not have access to this resource.
Click here to request your free trial access!

Already subscribed? Log in!

Français

1. Cycle architecture and technological aspects

1.1 Cycle architecture

The schematic diagram of a simple organic Rankine cycle is shown in figure 1 . It shows that, like a steam power plant cycle, such an installation comprises four components, through which the same fluid flow passes:

  • a pump ;

  • a steam generator ;

  • an expansion machine ;

  • a condenser.

    You do not have access to this resource.

    Exclusive to subscribers. 97% yet to be discovered!

    You do not have access to this resource.
    Click here to request your free trial access!

    Already subscribed? Log in!

    The Ultimate Scientific and Technical Reference

    A Comprehensive Knowledge Base, with over 1,200 authors and 100 scientific advisors
    + More than 10,000 articles and 1,000 how-to sheets, over 800 new or updated articles every year
    From design to prototyping, right through to industrialization, the reference for securing the development of your industrial projects

    This article is included in

    Physics of energy

    This offer includes:

    Knowledge Base

    Updated and enriched with articles validated by our scientific committees

    Services

    A set of exclusive tools to complement the resources

    Practical Path

    Operational and didactic, to guarantee the acquisition of transversal skills

    Doc & Quiz

    Interactive articles with quizzes, for constructive reading

    Subscribe now!

    Ongoing reading
    Cycle architecture and technological aspects
    Outline